Americano: 'I'm a Democrat who will give him a chance' - Lionel Shriver on Trump's inauguration
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🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Guest hosting for Americano, The Spectator’s Kate Andrews speaks to Freddy Gray, who is on the ground in D.C., and Lionel Shriver about Trump’s speech lamenting the Biden administration, Biden’s last minute pardoning of his family, and why some Democrats could be willing to give Trump a chance this time round.
Produced by Patrick Gibbons and Natasha Feroze.
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| 0:20.4 | Hello and welcome to the Americano podcast, a series of discussions about American politics, power and prejudices. |
| 0:29.7 | It is 2025 and Donald Trump is president once again of the United States. |
| 0:36.2 | We will, of course, be following the moves of the Donald |
| 0:39.3 | and his second administration very closely. |
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| 0:45.6 | We'll also talk a lot and cover American culture, life and the arts. |
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| 1:03.3 | Hello and welcome to Americano. I'm your guest host, Kate Andrews, and I'm joined by the |
| 1:07.5 | Spectators Deputy Editor Freddie Gray and our columnist Lionel Shriver. |
| 1:12.1 | The Golden Age begins right now, said Donald Trump in his inauguration speech today. |
| 1:18.0 | Freddie, you're on the ground in Washington, D.C. Are you witnessing a Golden Age unfold? |
| 1:23.5 | Well, I'm not on the ground. I'm quite high up in an apartment block on Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| 1:29.6 | And all I can see is some snipers. And unfortunately, it would have been a great view of the parade from here. |
| 1:33.7 | But unfortunately, the parade doesn't seem to be going down because of security fears. |
| 1:37.6 | But as for the mood on the ground, you have to go pretty far out away from the capital to really talk to people because everything else is |
| 1:44.3 | unbelievably secure, just get shouted out by policemen everywhere and National Guard officers. |
| 1:50.4 | But I would say, you know, there are a lot of MAGA people here and they're having a good |
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